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Disimprove
Disimprove Dis`im*prove", v. t.
To make worse; -- the opposite of improve. [R.] --Jer.
Taylor.
Disimprove
Disimprove Dis`im*prove", v. i.
To grow worse; to deteriorate.
Disimprovement
Disimprovement Dis`im*prove"ment, n.
Reduction from a better to a worse state; as, disimprovement
of the earth.
ImproablenessImprovable Im*prov"a*ble, a. [From Improve.]
1. Capable of being improved; susceptible of improvement;
admitting of being made better; capable of cultivation, or
of being advanced in good qualities.
Man is accommodated with moral principles,
improvable by the exercise of his faculties. --Sir
M. Hale.
I have a fine spread of improvable lands. --Addison.
2. Capable of being used to advantage; profitable;
serviceable; advantageous.
The essays of weaker heads afford improvable hints
to better. --Sir T.
Browne.
-- Im*pro"a*ble*ness, n. -- Im*prov"a*bly, adv. ImprobableImprobable Im*prob"a*ble, a. [L. improbabilis; pref. im- not +
probabilis probable: cf. F. improbable. See Probable.]
Not probable; unlikely to be true; not to be expected under
the circumstances or in the usual course of events; as, an
improbable story or event.
He . . . sent to Elutherius, then bishop of Rome, an
improbable letter, as some of the contents discover.
--Milton.
-- Im*prob"a*ble*ness, n. -- Im*prob"a*bly, adv. ImprobablenessImprobable Im*prob"a*ble, a. [L. improbabilis; pref. im- not +
probabilis probable: cf. F. improbable. See Probable.]
Not probable; unlikely to be true; not to be expected under
the circumstances or in the usual course of events; as, an
improbable story or event.
He . . . sent to Elutherius, then bishop of Rome, an
improbable letter, as some of the contents discover.
--Milton.
-- Im*prob"a*ble*ness, n. -- Im*prob"a*bly, adv. ImprobablyImprobable Im*prob"a*ble, a. [L. improbabilis; pref. im- not +
probabilis probable: cf. F. improbable. See Probable.]
Not probable; unlikely to be true; not to be expected under
the circumstances or in the usual course of events; as, an
improbable story or event.
He . . . sent to Elutherius, then bishop of Rome, an
improbable letter, as some of the contents discover.
--Milton.
-- Im*prob"a*ble*ness, n. -- Im*prob"a*bly, adv. Improbate
Improbate Im"pro*bate, v. t. [L. improbatus, p. p. of
improbare to disapprove; pref. im- not + probare to approve.]
To disapprove of; to disallow. [Obs.]
Improbation
Improbation Im`pro*ba"tion, n. [L. improbatio.]
1. The act of disapproving; disapprobation.
2. (Scots Law) The act by which falsehood and forgery are
proved; an action brought for the purpose of having some
instrument declared false or forged. --Bell.
Improbative
Improbative Im"pro*ba*tive, Improbatory Im"pro*ba`to*ry, a.
Implying, or tending to, improbation.
Improbatory
Improbative Im"pro*ba*tive, Improbatory Im"pro*ba`to*ry, a.
Implying, or tending to, improbation.
Improficience
Improficience Im`pro*fi"cience, Improficiency
Im`pro*fi"cien*cy, n.
Want of proficiency. [R.] --Bacon.
Improficiency
Improficience Im`pro*fi"cience, Improficiency
Im`pro*fi"cien*cy, n.
Want of proficiency. [R.] --Bacon.
Improfitable
Improfitable Im*prof"it*a*ble, a. [Pref. im- not + profitable:
cf. F. improfitable.]
Unprofitable. [Obs.]
ImprogressiveImprogressive Im`pro*gress"ive, a.
Not progressive. --De Quincey. -- Im"pro*gress"ive*ly, adv. ImprogressivelyImprogressive Im`pro*gress"ive, a.
Not progressive. --De Quincey. -- Im"pro*gress"ive*ly, adv. Improlific
Improlific Im`pro*lif"ic, a. [Pref. im- not + prolific: cf. F.
improlifique.]
Not prolific. [Obs.] --E. Waterhouse.
Improlificate
Improlificate Im`pro*lif"ic*ate, v. t. [Pref. im- in +
prolificate.]
To impregnate. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.
Imprompt
Imprompt Im*prompt", a.
Not ready. [R.] --Sterne.
ImpromptuImpromptu Im*promp"tu, adv. or a. [F. impromptu, fr. L. in
promptu in readiness, at hand; in in + promptus visibility,
readiness, from promptus visible, ready. See Prompt.]
Offhand; without previous study; extemporaneous; extempore;
as, an impromptu verse. Impromptu
Impromptu Im*promp"tu, n.
1. Something made or done offhand, at the moment, or without
previous study; an extemporaneous composition, address, or
remark.
2. (Mus.) A piece composed or played at first thought; a
composition in the style of an extempore piece.
Improper
Improper Im*prop"er, v. t.
To appropriate; to limit. [Obs.]
He would in like manner improper and inclose the
sunbeams to comfort the rich and not the poor. --Jewel.
improper diphthongDiphthong Diph"thong (?; 115, 277), n. [L. diphthongus, Gr. ?;
di- = di`s- twice + ? voice, sound, fr. ? to utter a sound:
cf. F. diphthongue.] (Ortho["e]py)
(a) A coalition or union of two vowel sounds pronounced in
one syllable; as, ou in out, oi in noise; -- called a
proper diphthong.
(b) A vowel digraph; a union of two vowels in the same
syllable, only one of them being sounded; as, ai in
rain, eo in people; -- called an improper diphthong. Improper fractionFraction Frac"tion, n. [F. fraction, L. fractio a breaking,
fr. frangere, fractum, to break. See Break.]
1. The act of breaking, or state of being broken, especially
by violence. [Obs.]
Neither can the natural body of Christ be subject to
any fraction or breaking up. --Foxe.
2. A portion; a fragment.
Some niggard fractions of an hour. --Tennyson.
3. (Arith. or Alg.) One or more aliquot parts of a unit or
whole number; an expression for a definite portion of a
unit or magnitude.
Common, or Vulgar, fraction, a fraction in which the
number of equal parts into which the integer is supposed
to be divided is indicated by figures or letters, called
the denominator, written below a line, over which is the
numerator, indicating the number of these parts included
in the fraction; as 1/2, one half, 2/5, two fifths.
Complex fraction, a fraction having a fraction or mixed
number in the numerator or denominator, or in both.
--Davies & Peck.
Compound fraction, a fraction of a fraction; two or more
fractions connected by of.
Continued fraction, Decimal fraction, Partial fraction,
etc. See under Continued, Decimal, Partial, etc.
Improper fraction, a fraction in which the numerator is
greater than the denominator.
Proper fraction, a fraction in which the numerator is less
than the denominator. Improperation
Improperation Im*prop`er*a"tion, n. [L. improperare,
improperatum, to taunt.]
The act of upbraiding or taunting; a reproach; a taunt.
[Obs.]
Improperatios and terms of scurrility. --Sir T.
Browne
Improperia
Improperia Im`pro*pe"ri*a, n. pl. [L., reproaches.] (Mus.)
A series of antiphons and responses, expressing the sorrowful
remonstrance of our Lord with his people; -- sung on the
morning of the Good Friday in place of the usual daily Mass
of the Roman ritual. --Grove.
Improperly
Improperly Im*prop"er*ly, adv.
In an improper manner; not properly; unsuitably;
unbecomingly.
Improperty
Improperty Im*prop"er*ty, n.
Impropriety. [Obs.]
Impropitious
Impropitious Im`pro*pi"tious, a.
Unpropitious; unfavorable. [Obs.] ``Dreams were
impropitious.' --Sir H. Wotton.
Improportionable
Improportionable Im`pro*por"tion*a*ble, a.
Not proportionable. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
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